1944-45 WWII NEWSREEL MOVIE SOVIETS in ROMANIA, BOMBING OF DRESDEN, GERMAN ARCTIC BASES 41334

This 1944-1945 black-and-white military propaganda film contains various segments including dramatic aerial bombing footage. Romania switched to the Allies in 1944. Soviet troops repair a blown-up bridge as troops and military equipment cross into Romania (:10-1:40). Siret looks abandoned. Soviet tanks pass through Botosani. Inhabitants return in ox carts past marching soldiers. A cannon is towed (1:41-2:27). The Citadel explodes as bombs are dropped. A soldier runs past bombed-out buildings. German prisoners sit together. Colonel Von Aulock is captured. His orderly appears drunk (2:28-3:57). Soldiers pass a WWI Memorial. Unsafe buildings crumble. Soldiers fire at German snipers (3:58-4:42). A Frenchman on a ladder hands out hidden weapons. A woman in a dress carries a machine gun (4:43-5:26). The Chartres Cathedral is panned. Troops fire up at snipers. German prisoners march with hands on heads. Nazi sympathizers are arrested; the women’s heads shaved. An angry mob threatens through bars. Lemoore Cinema Pathe theatre and shops reopen to rationing tickets. American nurses on bicycles window-shop. Soldiers enjoy a café as military vehicles pass. A crowd waits for Paris news outside St. Paul’s Cathedral (5:27-7:55). The gates open at Stalag XI-B, Stalag 357, and Oflag 79; excited Allied prisoners are freed. General Keitel does a Nazi salute to troops capturing him. Spanish spies and Hitler Youth are identified. Abandoned German items include ball bearings, gold reserve bars, and stolen Louvre paintings. Women hit and spit on Nazi prisoners. A firing squad shoots traitors. German citizens turn over weapons (7:56-11:57). Winston Churchill gives a speech condemning the Japanese (11:58-13:00). Generals Doolittle and Anderson are briefed on an Eastern Front map. B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft fly in formation. Aerial cameras record the Berlin bombing (13:01-16:11). RAF heavy bombers attack Dresden at night; the bombing shots flashing brightly. B-17 bombers drop bombs that detonate. Tanks are loaded on IF tank transporters, which move through mud and water. British gunners fire; the building crumbles. German POWs march; Nazis surrender from buildings as tanks move through the street (16:12-20:10). Nazi Arctic bases are exposed as explosions break open the ice. Captured supplies and prisoners are shown (20:11-20:59). Bombers make their way to Burma. Aerial cameras capture bombs dropping and explosions. Ground troops and tanks move in; soldiers are shot and fall. American combat cameras capture footage of the sky full of Allied planes. Still photographs show the smoke from burning Berlin targets (21:00-25:23). Major General Lewis Brereton makes a speech to free Europe. B-26 Marauder bombers are loaded and shown in flight. Pilots put on anti-flak helmets. The planes fly through anti-aircraft attacks. Cameras show close-ups of bombs leaving the plane and target explosions. A plane hit by flak leaves a trail of smoke. A view from the cockpit shows the return to base. 1940s ambulances, motorcycles, and nurses wait. A plane lands on its belly (25:24-32:45). A U-boat periscope moves through the water. South African service women operate radar machines to detect the submarines. They watch screens, plot graphs, and use the filter rule to lay out situation using small figures on a graphed board. A plane is scrambled to match the radar situation room’s findings. The submarine dives as the plane drops bombs on it, causing an explosion (32:46-35:04). Close-ups show the RAF dropping bombs on various targets. The footage is taken from the plane as it fires below on Germany positions, trains, and convoys. Vapor trails fill the sky as bombs drop and the ground explodes (36:05-38:24).
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[@danc7934]

Don't forget that the "Great liberators" burned my capital Chișinău when they were running from the romanians. This seemingly has no impact, however it was a cultural center, with libraries, cinema, restaurants, basically everything that made us look like romanians. This helped the denationalization of the region, that's why now most of the people call themselves "moldovans", whatever that means

[@MsCristea]

The background music and the tone are morbidly cheerful considering what it describes and what happened afterwards...

[@StephenCowley001]

"Below here is Wittenburg, or it was yesterday!", etc - sick jokes to cover senseless murder and destruction. What a tragedy the war was!

[@FranktheDachshund]

Stephen Cowley. Happy thoughts didn't do the trick.

[@aqua2012]

@@FranktheDachshund acknowledging "senseless murder" is not divisive narcissism. hell, history doesn't(or shouldn't) force one to choose a side. how about the human side.

[@TheLocalLt]

Civilian bombing was and is common in warfare

[@kaycey7361]

@@TheLocalLt that doesnt mean it was cool.

[@TheLocalLt]

@@kaycey7361 it wasn’t, but that line offered a bit of a vengeful chuckle for people who were still enduring German missile attacks at the very moment this was made

[@RugtimXII]

3:28 why does being awarded the oak leaves to the iron cross mean your number is up?

[@mr.desmithersclassroom7355]

Perhaps because piling on honors beforehand meant that he was being asked to sacrifice himself. "You are being given the highest honor that can be bestowed in defending your homeland; resist to the death, it is the only way to save your country".

[@darrelneidiffer6777]

Bravo!

[@JeffreyOrnstein]

Didn’t know that Dresden was the alternate capital of Germany.

[@electronicfarts5105]

Was more of a transport hub for German troops heading east or west.

[@kaycey7361]

@@electronicfarts5105 its still is a major hub of freight train and outstanding roads that connects eastern european trade with western europe

[@aorum3589]

5:52 on dirait bien la sous-préfecture de Chartres

[@MrSebfrench76]

"The famous cathedrale of Chartres "... Je crois que ça confirme ton sentiment ,héhé..

[@gruzfruz8200]

at 6:30 Lemoore cinema Pathè ? it's clearly Le Mans

[@dnaseb9214]

The USSR destroyed Romania like they did in Germany. A bad call to surrender and change sides. The Murican video is gaslighting hard.

[@MsCristea]

Goebbels didn't lie though))